bhavad-vidha maha-bhaga

 nisevya arha-sattamah

sreyas-kamair nrbhir nityam

 devah svartha na sadhavah

 

Translation: 

 

Exalted souls like you are the true objects of service and the most worshipable authorities for those who desire the highest good in life. Demigods are generally concerned with their own interests, but saintly devotees never are.

 

Purport: 

 

Whereas demigods may award material benefit, saintly devotees of the Lord have the power to award the real perfection of life, Krsna consciousness. Thus Lord Krsna reinforces the respectful mood He has adopted here toward His uncle Akrura.